On May 20, 2022, Japan MHLW released an amendment to the Standards and Criteria for Food and Food Additives, etc. According to the amendment, the maximum residue limits (MRLs) of Uniconazole P, Oxathiapiprolin, Cadusafos, Pyribencarb, Fenazaquin, Broflanilide, Pendimethalin were revised, involving 116 kinds of food. The raised MRLs have come into force since its publication on May 20, 2022, while the rest will have a one-year transition period.
The details are shown in the tables below.
Uniconazole P:
Food | After | Before |
Rice (brown rice) | 0.02 | 0.1 |
Sugar beet, Cabbage, Strawberry | 0.05 | 0.1 |
Brussels sprout | 0.01 | 0.1 |
Tomato | 0.05 | 0.01 |
Oxathiapiprolin:
Food | After | Before |
Peach (including pericarp and seeds) | 0.07 | 0.01 |
Strawberry | 0.4 | 0.01 |
Blueberry, Huckleberry | 0.5 | 0.01 |
Banana, Avocado, Mango | 0.1 | 0.01 |
Hops | 5 | 0.01 |
The MRL of Oxathiapiprolin in hops was greatly increased from 0.01ppm to 5 ppm.
Cadusafos:
Food | After | Before |
Potato | 0.02 | 0.03 |
Burdock | 0.3 | 0.5 |
Other Asteraceae vegetables | 5 | 0.01 |
Spinach | 0.05 | 0.1 |
Strawberry | 0.03 | 0.05 |
The MRL of Cadusafos in the other Asteraceae vegetables (Asteraceae vegetables other than burdock, Tragopogon porrifolius, artichoke, chicory, endive, garland chrysanthemum, lettuce [including salad vegetables] and herbs) has been increased from 0.01ppm to 5ppm.
Pyribencarb:
Food | After | Before |
Lettuce (including salad vegetables) | 30 | 20 |
Other Asteraceae vegetables | 5 | 0.01 |
Garlic | 0.1 | 0.01 |
Carrot | 0.6 | 0.7 |
Watermelon | / | 0.2 |
Watermelon (including pericarp) | 0.3 | / |
Melon | / | 0.1 |
Melon (including pericarp) | 2 | / |
Okra | 2 | 0.01 |
Orange | / | 0.3 |
Oranges (including outer pericarp) | 5 | / |
Peach | / | 0.5 |
Peach (including pericarp and seeds) | 3 | / |
Strawberry | 8 | 5 |
Grape | 4 | 2 |
The MRL of Pyribencarb in the other Asteraceae vegetables was also changed from 0.01ppm to 5ppm.
Fenazaquin:
Food | After | Before |
Cucumber (including Gherkin), Pumpkin (including squash), Oriental pickling melon, Watermelon (including pericarp), Melon (including pericarp), Oriental melon (including pericarp), Other Cucurbitaceae vegetables | 0.3 | 0.01 |
Immature peas, Immature beans, Edamame, Other vegetables, Oranges (including outer pericarp), The fruit of amanatsu, Lemon, Orange (including navel orange), Grapefruit, Lime, Other citrus fruits | 0.4 | 0.01 |
Peach (including pericarp and seeds), Nectarine, Apricots, Prunus salicina (including prune), Japanese apricot, Strawberry, Blueberry, Cranberry, Other berry, Other fruits | 2 | 0.01 |
Raspberry, Blackberry, Grape, Passiflora edulis | 0.7 | 0.01 |
Ginkgo nuts, Castanea crenata, Pecan, Walnut, Other nuts | 0.02 | 0.01 |
Huckleberry | 0.8 | 0.01 |
Avocado, Pineapple | 0.2 | 0.01 |
Hops | 30 | 0.01 |
Other spice | 0.4 | 0.01 |
The MRL of Fenazaquin was greatly adjusted in the recent revision. As shown in the table above, the limits of Fenazaquin in 10 kinds of food is 200 times as much as that of before. Moreover, the limit in hops is even 3000 times higher than the previous one.
Broflanilide:
The MHLW raised the MRL of Broflanilide in potatoes from 0.01 ppm to 0.04 ppm.
Pendimethalin:
Food | After | Before |
taro | 0.01 | 0.2 |
Rice (brown rice), Konjac, Edamame | 0.02 | 0.2 |
Banana | 0.02 | 0.05 |
The fruit of amanatsu, Lemon, Orange (including navel orange), Grapefruit, Lime, Other citrus fruits | 0.03 | 0.05 |
Milk | 0.03 | 0.01 |
Wheat, Corn, Soy bean, Peanut, Potato, Dioscorea japonica (Dioscorea polystachya), Cabbage, Brussels sprout, Onion, Garlic | 0.05 | 0.2 |
Other cereal, Pea, Vicia faba, Other legumes, Saccharum officinarum, Other vegetables, Apple, Japanese pear, European pear, Grape, Sunflower seeds, Cottonseed | 0.05 | 0.1 |
Watermelon (including pericarp), Melon (including pericarp), Hops, Other spice, Liver of cattle, Liver of pigs, The liver of animals belonging to other terrestrial mammals, Cow kidney, Kidney of pig, Kidney of animals belonging to other terrestrial mammals, Edible parts of cattle, Edible parts of pigs, Edible parts of animals belonging to other terrestrial mammals | 0.05 | 0.01 |
Celery | 0.09 | 0.01 |
Rye | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Other asteraceae vegetables, asparagus | 0.1 | 0.05 |
Turnip root | 0.2 | 0.05 |
Cow muscle, Pig muscles, Animal muscles belonging to other terrestrial mammals | 0.2 | 0.01 |
Daikon (including radish) Leaves, Turnip leaf, Watercress, Komatsuna, Mizuna, Bok choy, Other Brassicaceae vegetables | 0.3 | 0.05 |
Napa cabbage | 0.3 | 0.2 |
Other herb, Cow fat, Pig fat, Fat of animals belonging to other terrestrial mammals | 0.3 | 0.01 |
Green onion (including leek) | 0.4 | 0.2 |
Tree onion, Other Liliaceae vegetables | 0.4 | 0.05 |
Kale | 0.5 | 0.05 |
Carrot | 0.5 | 0.2 |
Lettuce (including salad vegetables) | 4 | 0.2 |
Other potatoes, Daikon (including radish) Root, Horseradish, Chicory, Endive, Glebionis coronaria, Oyster | 0.01 | 0.05 |
Orange | / | 0.05 |
Oranges (including outer pericarp) | 0.03 | / |
Loquat | / | 0.05 |
loquat (excluding peduncle,including pericarp and seeds) | 0.05 | / |
Peach | / | 0.05 |
Peach (including pericarp and seeds) | 0.05 | / |
kiwi | / | 0.05 |
kiwi (including pericarp) | 0.02 | / |
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